Arthur J. Sills
American lawyer
Arthur J. Sills (October 19, 1917 – December 26, 1982) was the attorney general of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970. As New Jersey's top law enforcement official, Sills championed an expanded state police, civil rights and stronger laws on gun control.
Early life and education
Sills was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917, and his family moved to Perth Amboy, New Jersey in 1921. He contracted polio when he was four years old and later traveled to Warm Springs, Georgia for treatment. There he befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was receiving treatment for his paralytic illness.
Sills graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1934. He received a B.A. degree from Rutgers University in 1938 and a law degree at Harvard Law School in 1941. He joined the law firm of former Attorney General David T. Wilentz, former Attorney General of New Jersey, from 1941 to 1950. From 1950 to 1962, he was a partner in the Perth Amboy firm of Wilentz, Goldman, Spitzer & Sills.
Attorney General
Sills was appointed by Governor Richard J. Hughes as Attorney General of New Jersey.
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